[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1166 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1166

  To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a 
 report on the public health mitigation messaging and guidance of the 
              Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 17, 2023

 Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Daines, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. 
Braun) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
       to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a 
 report on the public health mitigation messaging and guidance of the 
              Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Restore Public Health Institution 
Trust Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON CDC PUBLIC HEALTH MITIGATION MESSAGING AND GUIDANCE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
public health mitigation messaging, decision making, and guidance of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this 
section as the ``CDC''). Such report shall--
            (1) consider--
                    (A) the data being used by the CDC to make 
                recommendations;
                    (B) the impact that inconsistent messaging has had 
                on--
                            (i) the level of trust Americans have in 
                        the CDC; and
                            (ii) the willingness of Americans to follow 
                        CDC guidance, including with respect to COVID-
                        19 vaccine uptake;
                    (C) the impact that inconsistent messaging with 
                regard to the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and Federal 
                mandates for receiving such vaccines has had on 
                attitudes about immunization, both in general and 
                specifically for--
                            (i) the school-age population; and
                            (ii) vaccines on the recommended 
                        immunization schedules for children, 
                        adolescents, and adults of the Advisory 
                        Committee on Immunization Practices of the CDC; 
                        and
                    (D) the degree to which outside entities (such as 
                teachers unions) were in a position to impact 
                recommendations made by the CDC; and
            (2) contain recommendations to improve the approach of the 
        CDC relating to messaging, decision making, and the issuance of 
        guidance in the future.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate committees 
of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
        of the Senate;
            (2) the Committee on Small Business of the Senate;
            (3) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
            (4) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
        of the Senate;
            (5) the Committee on Education and Workforce of the House 
        of Representatives;
            (6) the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (7) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            (8) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives.
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